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MRS. LUCY F. r q


The womnn of Alfred, n. u, who Dared
to Present Her Vote.
THE little village of Alfred, Allegheny
county. y. Y, was thrown into a stnto Of
considerable excitement on Nov. . by the
action OF Mrs. Lucy F. Barber, who presented
herself at the polls, and demanded, when her
vote was challenged. that she be allowed to-
swear it in. This the inspectors of election,
Isaac NJ, Langworthy, Albert W. Lang
worthy and Frank B.. Goodwin, after "a long
consultation, concluded to do, and Mrs. Barber
hal the satisfaction Of knowing that at least
one woman in the Empire state had exercised
the samo rights of franchise Us are accorded
to men. Mrs. Barber was afterward arrested.
The matter is of particular interest, since,
upon the outcome OF this case, to n great ex-
tent, depends the progress OF the woman suf
frage movement in New York state.
Mrs BARRIERS face, as shown in the picture
here presented, Is that OF a bright, sensible
and withal n determined woman. Her hair
is short.
Mrs. Barber WINS born In Alfred, and her
maiden namn was Sweet. Her husband Is a
farmer. She was married to him quite
young, and is the mother OF eleven children,
six OF whom are living. FOUR died in in
fancy, and one was crushed to death while
coupling cars. Twenty-Five years since she
was baptized by Rev. N V. Hull into the
Seventh Day Baptist church in Alfred. OF
which she Is still a member. She Is also a
member OF the Women's Christian Temper
ance union.
She says that she was led to offer her vote
by the circular issued by Mr.. Hamilton Will
cox, stating that the provisions Of law which
formerly forbade women to vote In this state
nave been repealed, declaring it tho inspec-
L 49, .1,.- Ia rarafya tho yrta ~ anv vornop
who has the legal qualifications, especially II
she take the voters oath" and giving the
opinion Of leading lawyers concurring.
The case OF Mrs. Barber naturally brings
TO mind that OF Miss Susan b. Anthony, of
Rochester, N. Y, the leader OF the woman
, 1887-01-23

suffrage cause In
the Empire state.
Failing to obtain
national or state
legislation t b at
would help along
the u 1t was
determined in 1872
by n lot of deter
mined women to
try the plan OF
voting under the
laws ns they at
present exist. Miss
Anthony tells of
her voting and her
subsequent trial
, 1887-01-23

Senator Sherman and Gen. Sherman are
said TO exchange letters almost daily when
out Of one another's society ''Cump' is
what John always calls the soldier, and
Now, John, " Is the style that the general
uses in accostip. the senator. -New York
Times.
, 1887-01-23

Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup should
always be used for children tcething. 1t
soothes the child, softcns the gums, al
lass the pain, cures wind collie, and is the
best remedy for diarrhGa. Twenty-Five
cents a bottle.
, 1887-01-23
'VNOWs0NAs Of case. Of Con.

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English Remedy. Ii is a guaranteed prep
~aration II 1t docs not help you 1t will cost
you nothing. yyii. 4 single dose will
show its good effect. Trial bottles 10 cts.
Peanse 4 McGill. Druggists.
, 1887-01-23

'AAAahe hAsR Bhst
you before y ou
have moro than
thought about it
The mats are
reached and your
sleigh stops 1t Is
Just a minute and
ten seconds and IA
you have covered
"A plump mile. The
tension has been
rftts4f anal il.tsl Inns
, 1887-01-23

HKNRY GEoRoE viii have to boil down
some Of his nine coiuma paragraphs in
his new paper, if he wants the children to
cry for that publication.
, 1887-01-23

Cheyenne Transfer compsny-From
Ave pounds per day to a carload at a time
, 1887-01-23

THIS PAPER R 70. Ii . !. 20. Is s s.s 3. oS1 A.
ssr.tsAef Hursys 10 sth ~hsy nay.ytbsips
, 1887-01-23

~. q. BAIRD and A. G. CAMpBELL). AT.
torneys-at-Law and Notaries Public, Ckey-
second floor, Stsbbins & Post S bank block
, 1887-01-23

In all its branches by W. ELLIOTT, on Eighteenth
street, one door west OF the old stand. Singlefoot
All kind Of wagon work done first class.
, 1887-01-23
~MIDDLE-AGED MEN.


There are many men of the age OF 80 to GO who
ne troubled with too frequent excavations Of
tne oinuuer, eften accompanied by q slight
sinartfng or burning sensation and a weakenIns
OF THE system In a mauner the patient cannot
account for. On examining the urinary deposits
q ropy sediment wilt often be found, and some.
times small particles OF albuAnen will appear. or
tle color VIII be OF akin or mIlkish hue, again
changing to a dark and turbid appearance.
There are many men who die of this difficulty
Ignorant OF the cause. which Is the second stage
Of seminal weakness. DIR. Wagner will guaran-
zee a cure In all such cases and a healthy ~restora.
ton Oh the genito-urinary organs, Consultation
Tree. Thorough examination and advice. IS 90.
See the Doctors additional Advertisement In
can.
All communications should be addressed
DIR. G. & co.
iill Larimer street. Address. Box 27so. Denver,
Colorado.
Cut this out and take niong.
, 1887-01-23

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, 1887-01-23

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None but "timc-tred and fire tested companie
Cheyenne, Wyoming.
, 1887-01-23

REAL ESTATE, LOAN, AND LIVE
STOCK. Ferguson street, Cheyenne.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1887-03-26

"A pretentious woman, who had
probably heard Of amulets, boosted
that she "kept off all sorts Of evils by
wearing an omelet about her Eeck."
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1887-03-26
Dangers of Beer Drinking.

For some years decided inclination
has been apparent all over the country
to give up the use of whisky and other
strong alcohols, using as Il substitute
beer and other compounds. This is
evidently founded on the idea that beer
is not harmful, and contains a large
amount of nutriment; also that bitters
may have some medical quality which
will neutralize the alcohol which it con-
ceals, etc These theories are without
confirmation in the observation of ply
sicians. The use of beer is found to
produce a species of degeneration of all
the organs; profound and deceptive
fatty deposits, diminished circulation,
condition of congestion and perversion
of functional activities local inf1amma-
ton of both the liver and kidneys, are
constantly present Intellectually a
stupor amounting almost to paralysis
arrests the reason, changing all the
higher faculties into mere animalism,
sensual, selfish, sluggish, varied only
with paroxysms of anger that are sense
less and brutal. In appearance the
beer-drinker may be the picture of
health, but in reality he is most in
capable of resisting disease. A slight
injury, severe cold or a shock to the
body or mind will commonly provoke
acute disease ending fatally.
Compared with inebriates who use
different kinds of alcohol, he is more
incurable and more generally diseased.
The constant use of beer every day
gives the system no recuperation, but
steadily lowers the vital forces. 1t is
our observation that beer-drinking in
this country produces the very lowest
kind of inebriety, closely allied to
criminal insanity. The most dangerous
class of ruflians in our cities are beer
drinkers. Scientific Amertcan.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1887-03-26
THE CANARY BIRD.
History of Its First Appearance in Euro
in the Year 141S.

HISTORY Oh IIS FiTSb III LuAopo
in the Year 141S.
The first hint that can be found in
Europe of the forbears of our yellow
favorites, who discourse sweet music"
to us winter and summer alike, is in
Spain, where we are told that, in 147S,
some specimens were brought by Henry
the Navigator, on his return from one
of his voyages, during which he had
landed at the Canary Islands Though
yery unlike most of the canaries we
now see in cages, Gor in color they
rather resembled the linnet, a gray
shading into green on the breast,) they
soon were sought after for their song,
and high prices were paid for them by
the Spanish ladies. The Spanish bird
fanciers soon began to breed from them,
and as only the cocks, or singing
birds were for some time brought
to Europe they now and then conveyed
some of the cocks to the Canary Islands
to act as decoys for the female birds.
! 1t is said that these travelled birds were
very healthy The Spaniards were
carefully reticent about their Canary
song bird, and for long period cana
ries were to be had only from Spain at
high prices. In 1922 a book was written
about them and published in Rome, and
in it W. read that accident, and not gen.
crosby, put an end to that monopoly.
| A ship that carried consignment of
canaries on board was wrecked on the
Italian coast, and many of the birds es-
Gaping flew to the Island of Elba, where
the climate suited them very well and
they bred and flourished. The Italians
,soon found this out, and were so eager
for the birds that in the course of some
wears they were exterminated there, but
not till the Italians had produced some
good breeds AS the Italians were not
quite so secretive as the Spaniards, the
people in the Tyrol soon shared the
knowledge and passed it on to the Ger
mans and other Northern nations.
the Year Round.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1887-03-26
TEMPERANCE ITEMS.

TEMPERANCE and labor are the two
best physicians of man.-R0sseau.
The education most needed by the
youth of our fair land is one that shall
teach them, not only to decline Latin
substantive, but also to decline drink.
-LooOeU Citizen.
COUNT ToLsToI, the distinguished
Russian author, under the title of
"The Invention of Whisky" has
sounded an alarm against the devasta-
ton wrought by alcohol in that coun-
try.
WHAT hard work it is to deal with
our own countrymen! How are we;
baflled by their poverty, their ignor-
ance, their sin! You have orjy to
battle with single ice-drunkenness.
to wit-to feel what monster it is to
overcCme.-Spurgeon.
IF Solomon were advising people, to-
day, not to look on the wine when it is
red, he would give as one reason that
it is colored with aniline, purpurine,
fuchsine and other poisonous COM
pounds, doctored with salicylic acid
and sweetened with glucose.
On, yes; alcohol will warm you up,
but who finds the fuel? When you
take food, that is fuel, and as it burns
out, you keep warm. But when you
take alcohol to warm you, you are like
man who sets his house on fire, and
warns his fingers by it as it burns
Selected.
A BROOKLYN salooE-keeper has
figured it up and given it away that
there is profit OF over 800 per cent.
in lager beer, and this is about equally
divided between maker and seller. He
says that seven different substitutes
are used in place of hops, each one of
which has been declared injurious.
WHEN q man is fully under its
domination, he would drink, were rum
placed before him, if he knew that thel
next moment his soul would be re-
quired of him. Once under its full
control, the victim drinks and drinks
until he is beggared and unfit for work,
or business, until his wife and family
become objects of charity, and finally
the grave closes over his bloated, rum
sodden, dishonored carcass. Toledo.
Blade.
Mr.. w. S. GAME, M. P, in recent
speech, said: previous to the army
of occupation there was scarcely such
a thing in Egypt as a public house in
our sense of the word. There are now
in Cairo, with population of 100000,
most of whom are Mohammedans,
whose religion prohibits them the use
of intoXicants, 400 or 500 public
houses. He saw in Cairo teetotal
meeting of Arabs being addressed by
native Egyptians in eloquent language,
in which they denounced the Europeans
for introducing this demoralizing traf-
fic into their midst"
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1887-03-26
Those Who Live in Slums.

This sentence occurs in the report Of
tie English Royal commission on the
" Housing of the working-classes,"
which inquired into the housing of the
poor: 1--WE have been assured by
witness IS that in these wretched
houses, the worst class of houses we
have ever heard of in London, and in
other great towns, you will hardly
ever, if ever, find a total abstainer."
The Marquis of Salisbury asked Rev.
j. w. Horsely if he considered intern
perance caused the necessity for living
in a slum, the reply being: Yes;
you can hardly ever find teetotaler
living in a slum, with his family all in
one room"
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1887-03-26

bly, tremendous, then, must have been
the outburst in the Blaze Star in Corona
so tremendous. in fact, that were the
same event to occur in our own Sun we
are safe to say that every planet in tine
system would in an instant be conver;ad
from its present solid state to incandes.
cent vapor.
The only other important temporary
star which has appeared in modern
times was discovered in the constella-
ton of the Swan by Professor Schmidt
of Athens, on November 2l, 1876; but
as to give any particulars of it world
simply be repeating with slight adj.
tons and differences what we have said
about the star of 1866, we shall con.
clude with few remarks about the
star which appeared some time ago in
the Andromeda nebula. The andre.
media nebula itself is seen as faint
misty patch, plainly visible on a clear
moonless night to the naked eye; almost
in the center of this object the new star
appeared. 1t did not attain any great
brilliancy, for even when brightest it
was not visible to the unaided vision.
AS soon as the star appeared the ques-
ton arose, was it situated in the nebula
or between the nebula and us? Had
we not been possessed of the spectre
scope, we should have been unable to
answer that question conclusively.
Spectroscopic examination, however,
showed that the spectrum of tt ssaS>
and slat of the nebula were similar,
and as the spectrum of the nebula is a
peculiar one, there does not remain the
slightest doubt that they are physically
connected. But the apparition of this
star has conclusivey settled one
great astronomical question. A pop
ular theory of stellar 7sbule con-
stantly appearing in textbooks is, that
they are island dniverses-galaxies
similar to our own situated far out in
space This theory, though strongly
negatived by evidence, still clings te-
naciously to life. The only nebula which,
strictly speaking, did fall outside of the
evidence was this one in Andromeda;
for, while the spectoscope indicated
that it was composed of countless stars,
the most powerful telescopes were I'M
able to reveal with certainty any of
these objects. This circumstance, taken
in connection with its great apparent
size, seemed to give some ground for
supposing that it might be a universe
similar to our own-though probably
infinitely larger and more complex
situated far out in space. From consid-
erations too lengthy and complex to be
stated here, the appearance of the new
star in the nebula is inconsistent with
such an idea, and proves beyond a
doubt that the nebula itself is situated
within and forms part of our own sys-
tenn. Chambers Journal.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1887-03-26
TEMPERANCE.
ONE WOMAN'S WORK.

ChrIstiana Dickson and Her Fight For
Temperance in Pennsylvania's Early
Times.
Many stories are told of the courage
of the women of that early generation
who first broke ground in the forests of
Pennsylvania and Virginia. They
were in constant peril from wild
beasts and from hostile Indians, but
with heroic patience endured hardships
labor and disease. An example of
another kind of courage is preserved
hv the descendants of Christiana Dick
ssn, the wife of one of the first settlers
of Erie County, Pa. She was small,
blue-eyed, low-voiced woman, ex-
tremely timid by nature; on only one
point she was resolute: She had hor-
ror of drunkenness. She lived in the
days when the use of liquor was uni
versal. Whisky was as common a
dtink as water among these hardy,
Woodworking pioneers. A Temper
ance or abstinence society was unheard
of. But when her sons were born, she
resolved, as far as she could, to put a
stop to whisky drinking in her home,
Her husband being absent from home,
her brothers called for the help of the
neighbors, according to the custom of
the time, to put up a barn needed on
her farm. They all assembled and
went to work, while she prepared a
great dinner. After an hour or two,
whisky was asked for. One of her
brothers came to the house for it; she
refused to provide it, to make her
friends drunk. Her other brothers,
and at last an elder in the church,
came to reason with her; to tell her
that she would be accused of mean
ness. Without word, the little wom-
an went out to the barn, and barring
her head, stepped upon a log and
spoke to them in a faltering voice.
my neighbors," said she, "this is a
strange thing. Three of you are my
brothers, three of you are elders in the
church, all of you are my friends.
have prepared for you the best dinner
in my power. If you refuse to raise
the barn without liquor, so be it. But
before / will provide whisky to give
/ you, these timbers shall rot where they
/ he"
The men angrily left the work and
went home; the little woman returned
to the house, and for hours cried as
though her heart would break. But
the next day every man came back,
went heartily to work, enjoyed heI
! good dinner, and said not a word about
whisky,
Afterwards the use of whisky at barn.
rasings was discontinued in the coun-
ty. Her sons grew up strong, vigorous
men, who did good work in helping tc
c'vilize and Christianize the world
their descendants are all of high type
of intellectual and moral men an(
women. If she had yielded this little
point they might have degenerated,
like many of their neighbors, intC
drunkards and spendthrifts.
Our stout-hearted pioneer forefath
ers redeemed the land, and drove on
the wild beasts and serpents; but there
are still vices and malignant customs
to be conquered, and for the work WI
need women of high souls and gentle
spirits like Christiana Dickson. =
Youths Companion.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1887-03-26
VALUABLE ADVICE.
How An Anxious individuals Expecta-
tions Were Nipped in tine Bud.

How An Anxious individuals Expecta-
tions Were Nipped in tine Bud.
The proprietor of large wholesale
grocery house f. r. ! his chair as he
hoard some 3 seq u onenino the
office door 80 lsA!I euL \ who had
doubtless SHY eul 81 IeHrays down
into cloud e, lq5noul / "
Come INTO SuIs2a9S ser
That's whS Sig, thank you.
By the way, Nh srooks, you don't
seem to recognize Me"
"Never saw you before, that remem-
ber."
80, yes, you have. Don't you re-
member Tai Wilkinson, who used to
work for you?"
Look here" said the grocer, this
isn't Tal?'
Eyes, Pm the man. Let me recall
little circumstance which will assist me
in explaining the object of my visit.
One day went to you and asked for a
vacation in view of the fact that [ was
going to get married. You asked me
whom | was going to mary and l told
you that intended to make Sallie Bux-
ley my wife. You said that you
could not very conveniently grant me
a vacation just at that time and asked
me why | didn't postpone the wedding.
| replied that the marriage had been
several times postponed and that Sallie
wouldn't wait for me any longer, there
fore | was compelled to marry at jnce.
Young man, you rejoined, 4 have seen
the young lady, and I'll warrant you
that there will come day when you'll
wish that you had demanded another
postponement and that she had disap-
proved of the plan to the extent Of mar
rying some other man., | was much
grieyed to hear you talk thus" the Wis
itor continued, land straightway mar
ried Sallie." The visitor became silent,
and at length the grocer asked:
"But how can recalling that incident
explain your present visit?"
1T is this way, sir; l want your ad-
vice" t
IN regard 10 WHAT!
30. any thing You struck the nail
so squarely on the head with regard to
my marriage that l have reason to re-
gard your advice as extremely valuable.
Would you advise me to speculate in
hogs?"
II don't know but would"
THANK you; thank you kindly. o,
say, how would you advise me to get
the hogsP"
"Buy them"
Thank you; thank you kindly. All,
yes, but how would you advise me to
buy themP"
"By paying cash"
Eyes, l see. am sure that I can
make quite fortune. By the way, |
would like to have loan-but never
mind. / am sure that / can sell your
advice for money enough to buy hoga.
l was going to ask you for fifty cents.
/ but -"
''But 1 advise you not to-" the grocer
interposed.
30, thank you. Good day. "-Arkar-
san 1raUeter.
"A pretentious woman, who had
probably heard Of amulets, boosted
that she Except off all sorts Of evils by
wearing an omelet about her Eeck."
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1887-03-26
EASTER DAY.

The world itself keeps Easter Day,
For happy birds are singing;
And from the earth so cold and gray
The tiny blades are springing;
The seeds that in their graves have lain
So silently abiding
The hour when spring-time's sun and rain
Should call them from their hiding
Now rise again to bud and bloom,
And fill the earth with gladness;
Gone are the days OF wintrv gloom;
Spring is no time for sadness.
Each tree and shrub the new life feels
Through every vein warm glowing;
And buds burst forth-the promise sure
or leaves and fruit soon growing;
The little streamS-ice- bound so long
Flow onward gaily singing;
Freed from their letters, Join their song
With Easter joy-be ringing.
The Christ is rsen-as all things tell;
Then let all hearts warm-glowing,
From doubts and sorrows rise as we'll,
With love and faith o'erflowing.
Let Hope again rise from the tomb
OF earthly griefs and losses;
LIES blossom spring from dust and gloom,
And cro0HS are won by crosses.
-Y0uth'S Companion
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1887-03-26

DIR. Dawson Burns forwards an ac-
count of the work accomplished by the
Soldiers Total Abstinence Association,
formed in India in 1862, and cordially
approved by successive Viceroys and
Commanders-in-Ch Chief and the military
authorities, including the Duke of Con-
naught. 1t appears that in August
last there were II, 257 men and officers
of the Indian army enrolled as men,
bers of the association. An analysis of
the habits and health of the men of the
First battalion Leinster regiment, sea-
toned at Fyzabad. shows that from
January 1, 1884, to June 80, 1886, there
was an average of 267 abstainers in the
regiment and Cos non-abstainers; and
table of the results shows the follow
ing among other instructive figures:
Defaulters, Ill abstainers, 1888 nom
abstainers; imprisoned by command
ing officer, 2 abstainers, $50 non-ab-
stainers; imprisoned by court-martial,
| 0 abstainers, 76 non-abstainers;
granted good conduct pay, 272 abb
| SUdlnefS, Zol HOl-dDSIdllleFSi Tcuuceu,
| 0 abstainers, 81 non-aDstainers; deaths,
2 abstainers, II inconsistencies; de-
posts in savings banks, 1923 rupees
by abstainers, IA, 1856 by non-abstainers.
What these figures signify" says DR..
Burns, ''as to improved morality any
one can perceive, though it is hardly
possible to estimate the increased eff
ficiency of the army were such an i'm
provement to prevail throughout its
whole extent. ''-MontredI Witness.